For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINThere is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.
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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID’s, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere.
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.
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Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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